"I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually , though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games."
The purpose of this quote, to me, is to point out the main point of the entire chapter. It gives a beginning point to think about the chapter as a whole. Waverly uses her invisible strength, the whispering wind, to help her win numerous chess games. The invisible wind talks to her and tells her what to do.
The literary term I chose for this chapter was MOTIVATION (a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act.) Different characters had different motivation in this chapter. Waverly was motivated to learn more about chess and get better at chess so she could beat her brother. Then, it grew to her wishing she could go to tournaments and compete. Her motivation was personal. Waverly's mother helped motivate Waverly for personal reasons also. She had great pride in her daughter's winnings. Waverly's mother pushed Waverly away. Waverly didn't like being looked at as a prize and she didn't like her mother taking her places just to show her off. Waverly was motivated to question her mother and then leave her. Everyone is motivated for some reason. People don't just do things to do them. More than likely, there is some sort of motive behind the acts people perform. Whether it be self-improvement, self-gain, the betterment of others, or to help society, there is always motivation.
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